Generally more people state Israel is middle eastern. Most don't call it in Asia rather the middle eastern or Eurasia. There is a more specific area she is from so some people don't like it since certain places teach you that.
Generally more people state Israel is middle eastern. Most don't call it in Asia rather the middle eastern or Eurasia. There is a more specific area she is from so some people don't like it since certain places teach you that.
some days I really wonder how people define stuff like that really. I mean, it's surrounded to the north, east, south, and west by the Middle East.
For an example of a way I've seen it done and liked was in Spider-man. Many of his rogues are criminals associated with mafia-esque organizations. Well these organizations sometimes get into turf wars. Tombstone vs Hammerhead was because they weren't allies, and hated each other almost as much as Spider-man. Another example was how Hobgoblin and Green Goblin fought each other.
Yeah, giving villains reasons for their actions to which the heroes are incidental is always a big winner for me. The first few issues of the Ryan Choi Atom were pretty good for that. I'd love, for example, to see Cale and Dr. Cyber go at it for reasons that have nothing to do with WW, even though she gets drawn into it all the same.
I always wondered what if Diana wasn't the first Wonder Woman? I mean going back to Wonder Woman's first appearance is in WW2. So what if her mother or someone else was the first Wonder Woman?
Pre-crisis, there was also some sort of "early" Wonder Woman who continued to exist (or was resurrected?) as a skeleton and fought Diana in a two-part story. I haven't read it in a month of Sundays, and I can't remember if she was actually called Wonder Woman or if she just looked like her in the flashbacks. The story was drawn by Gene Colan and was written by...Roy Thomas? Dan Mishkin? I can't quite remember. I can see panels from the story in my head (like Steve saying "Angel, it's...YOU!) but don't really remember the thrust of the story.
I remember at least one really great Frank Miller cover of Steve Trevor discovering the skeletal WW with a sword through her chest, and the other cover was a disappointing (to me, anyway) Mike Kaluta cover, I think.
I liked Gateway too and didn't realize it had been used for the Spectre previously.
NYC was good too, but I just have it in my head that Diana deserves her own city as the premiere superheroine of the DCU.
Like Gateway, my city for Diana is on the West Coast and I've thematically tied it to Diana and the Amazons's story, in a sense. With Gotham on the East Coast and Metropolis usually on the East Coast, I think Diana on the West Coast will add a little flavor to the DCU.
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If WW is going to have her own iconic city, having gone without one for so long, I think it's got to be a character, unto itself. There would have to be something about it that justified its existence...added something useful or interesting to the on-going narrative. I see it as being the 'X-files capital' of the DCU - a military port city, crawling with secret agents, curious aliens, time-lost adventurers, sorcerers [Sargon!] and mystical beings - that would be unique. It would have to be something original or unusual; otherwise, what would be the point?
We'd have no need for it.
Virginia Shoreline (even the name) is enough of a blank slate that it could become this iconic city, ..as could Etta's home, Georgetown (currently, my favorite). Gateway, having been home to the SPECTRE [Sheesh!], could become this city. Just needs a writer and editor, who care...
Marston City, anyone?
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COMBINING THE BIGBADITUDE OF THANOS WITH CHEETAH'S FEROCITY, IS JANUS WONDER WOMAN'S GREATEST SUPERVILLAIN?...on WONDABUNGA!!! Look alive, Kangaliers!
Agreed, to all those things... but, what I’m thinking and concocting uniquely stands on its own as a thematic reflection of Diana and iconically stands shoulder-to-shoulder with Gotham, especially, and with Metropolis, somewhat-ly (as I don’t think Metropolis has been as fully developed as it could be for Superman as Gotham has for Batman.)
It’s gotta be archetypal and inspire DC Comics and writers to want to endlessly play in its playground, much like how many writers find the setting of Gotham as interesting, inspiring, and enduring to Batman as the character(s) himself.
That’s absolutely what I’m striving for. A place where the uniqueness of Diana can be explored and flourish. We’ve gotta break new ground for her and let other writers and artists get inspired by the many, many facets of her life and legend.
Last edited by WonderScott; 06-08-2019 at 08:22 PM.